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THE TV network behind controversial cartoon South Park has defended the latest episode which makes fun of the death of TV naturalist Steve Irwin. The episode shows a bloody Irwin with the stingray that killed him in September hanging from his chest.
John Beyer, of TV watchdog Mediawatch, called it "grossly insensitive".
Comedy Central said: "The South Park guys do inappropriate things all the time. Their goal is to make people laugh, not to offend people."
In the episode, shown on Comedy Central in the US last week, Irwin is at a Halloween party hosted by the devil. Other guests include Hitler and the Princess of Wales, but Irwin is thrown out because he is not in fancy dress.
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